August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Ken Rieder and Jon Thocker show their nerve and aerobatic expertise in their Redline Aerobatic Team performance, flying in tight formation over the crowd at Burke Lakefront Airport. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

The Yankee Lady, World War II's Flying Fortress, comes in for a landing at the Cleveland National Airshow on Sunday.The plane is a Boeing B-17 bomber, used mostly by the Air Force. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Dave Lowry, B-17 flight engineer, sits under the plane and tells a gathering crowd about the Yankee Lady, a B-17 bomber known as The Flying Fortress and used extensively in World War II. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Neil Mabrouk of Elyria and his autonomous aircraft, aka 'drone', get a lift from the Burke Lakefront Airport runway area to the drone display tent. Mabrouk has been involved with autonomous aircraft since he was five years old, watching his dad, who was a hobbiest in the 1950s. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Although Sunday's skies were heavily overcast, the Shockwave jet engine truck further darkens the sky with smoke from its engines as spectators watch the triple jet engine-powered supertruck hit 300 mph, racing a jet down the runway. The truck is driven by Chris Darnell.(Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Airshow pilot Melissa Pemberton talks with her ground support team member Steve Welsh about the cloud deck and wind direction before she takes to the air in her Edge 540 plane. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Pilot Julie Clark flies her signature performance, "Serenade in Red, White and Blue." Clark has been flying in airshows for over 30 years, and was one of the first women to fly for a major airline. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Natalie, 7, and Samantha McDarby are helped into the cockpit of a Navy F-4 Phantom jet by owner Steven Blevens of Charles Town, WVA. The sisters, from Barberton, wanted to have their photo taken in the jet as a remembrance of their trip to the airshow. Blevens was a mechanic in the Air Force and worked for United Airlines for...

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

ROTC cadet Theodore Rask, left, of Cleveland and Lt. Robert Arthur, active duty Air Force, from Twinsburg, do "Bring Sally Ups," a type of pushup done to a song that determines how long you stay in the down position and when you push to the up position. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Ken Rieder and Jon Thocker show their nerve and aerobatic expertise in their Redline Aerobatic Team performance, coming from opposite directions and crossing paths over the crowd in a triple cross maneuver.(Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Six year-old Brayleigh Mast of Apple Creek tests her fitness level at the Air National Guard station at the airshow. Her mom, left, watches as Brayleigh manages four perfect pullups. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer)

August 31, 2014, 6:31PM

Ground pyrotechnics help provide a time-machine effect, making the Yankee Lady, a B-17 bomber known as The Flying Fortress, look as though she is back doing her job in World War II. Although Sunday's skies were heavily overcast, the rain didn't materialize and the Cleveland National Airshow delighted crowds once again. The final day of the show is Monday. (Lynn...

August 30, 2014, 5:08PM

Pilot Skip Stewart in a muscle biplane passes by a World War II TBS Avenger parked for viewing at Burke Lakefront Airport during the Cleveland National Air Show on Saturday, August 30, 2014. (Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer)